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For the first time, land and resource managers in the Great Lakes will be able to distinguish between the various sources of mercury in the...

The U.S. Geological Survey today published results of a three-year water-quality study in the historical Stibnite Mining District of central Idaho...

Residents of Essex and Clinton counties in New York may notice an airplane flying a grid pattern at low altitude for a few weeks in December as...

The uranium oxide is located in sandstone formations throughout the South Texas Coastal Plain, which borders the Gulf of Mexico. The area has long...

Using statistically modeled maps drawn from satellite data and other sources, U.S. Geological Survey scientists have projected that the near-surface...

A new study completed by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Borrego Water District, will help water planners in the Borrego Valley...

A coalition of research institutions and fish and wildlife agencies this week unveiled a new online tool for use by local decision-makers...

Piping plovers, a federally threatened species of shorebirds, are likely losing wetland breeding habitat in the Great Plains as a result of wetland...

With the release of new US Topo maps for Illinois and South Dakota, the USGS has completed the second, three-year cycle of revising and updating...

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring flooding on rivers and streams across central and southern Missouri.